The Sun is the star at the center of our solar system and the primary source of light and energy for our planet. Here are some interesting facts about the Sun:

The Sun is a massive ball of hot, glowing gas and it makes up about 99.8% of the mass in our solar system The surface temperature of the Sun is about 5500 degrees Celsius which is hot enough to vaporize any solid material that gets too close The core of the Sun is a scorching 15 million degrees Celsius which is so hot that nuclear reactions take place and energy is produced through a process called nuclear fusion This process involves the combination of hydrogen atoms to form helium and releases an enormous amount of energy in the form of light and heat The Sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth which is just the right distance for us to have liquid water on our planet If the Sun were any closer or farther away we would not be able to sustain life as we know it The Sun is so massive that it makes up about 99.8% of the mass in our solar system and its gravity holds all the planets including Earth in their orbits The Sun is a sphere and its shape is perfectly round due to its own gravity pulling on every part of the planet It takes just 25,000 years for the Sun to rotate once on its axis which means that different parts of the surface appear to be moving at slightly different speeds The Sun loses about 1% of its mass each year due to nuclear reactions taking place in its core and this energy is what we receive as sunlight
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